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Calafiori or Virgil: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 1× this week · last compared 7 minutes ago

Defender

Calafiori

Arsenal, ARS

Defender

Virgil

Liverpool, LIV

🏆 Calafiori wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

9.0

Points Per Game

2.0

40.9%

Selected By

19.6%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

9.0

Form

2.0

💰 Calafiori is the value pick - 1.64 pts per £m (Calafiori 1.64 vs Virgil 0.31)

🎯 Virgil is your differential (19.6% owned) - Calafiori is the template pick at 40.9%

Fixtures

Arsenal

AVL 4 (A) - 2026-08-31
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
BHA 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
LEE 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

Liverpool

NFO 3 (H) - 2026-08-29
IPS 2 (A) - 2026-09-04
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-09-12
BOU 3 (A) - 2026-09-20
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-10-11

📅 Virgil has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Calafiori

60.7

Virgil

34.3

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Calafiori

Key Factors:

Better current form (9.0 vs 2.0)
Better value for money

Calafiori (Arsenal, £5.5m, 9 points) is the better FPL pick over Virgil (Liverpool, £6.5m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Virgil also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.2 average difficulty).